Do you exercise ?

[Zigurd]

Oh god this is going to be one low post count thread.

Been exercising for 3 years. Last 8 months gym almost entirely, gained about 20 pounds. Starting to look like a beast =D

So, any of you work on your strength/vitality/speed stats IRL ?

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[Pandonetho]

I sometimes do.

My friend who recently got me into running is pretty good. He can run cross country 5km at like 4 minutes/km.

[Gradius]

I used to swim competitively: ~8000 yards a day, double practices Mon,Wed, Fri at 5:10 AM, weight lifting, running, all that jazz.

I suffered an injury so I don't swim anymore, now I just try to get in as much running as possible.

[Gritten]

A moment to boast :D

In January I was 309 pounds. Finally sick and tired of being fat, tired, unfit, weak etc etc etc, I decided I was going to make some serious life changes.

I started with ice skating a couple days per week. Then slowly into official calorie counting (yuck I know), and into strength training and cardio work out. I was doing 30 minutes on an ellipitcal I purchased, but I wore the damn thing out and broke the back fly wheel off.

Now - I hit the gym 3 times per week for about 1 hr or so, and do 30 minutes of cardio on top of that. This past couple of months I've taken up inline skating, and do anywhere between 10 - 20km per night, 3 - 4 nights per week. It takes me about 1 hr to 1.5 hrs to do that distance depending on the terrain. For our American friends that's roughly 6.5 - 12.5 miles.

It's paid off too. I've dropped 50lbs in 5 months and built up a lot of upper body muscle and leg muscle. Feels nice ;)

Gritten

[sandwich_bird]

I do but I can't get big. I've been training the right way for like 3 years and still didn't grow bigger. I know I got stronger a bit because I can lift some heavy stuff but I'm really not getting bigger at all.

[Novasquadron]

Work out my upper body on MWF.
Lower body on T,R.
Core Muscles on Saturday.
Sunday is rest.

Repeat, eat healthy, live long and prosper. :D

[spychi]

I love to swim.
Also I exercise at work, going by foot every day from 20 to 30km per 8 hours
but lately I got more weight, from last years 76 kg, my weight now is about 82-84kg

[n00bonicPlague]

I've weighed exactly 210 for many years, but I really should exercise. I used to work at a summer camp and it was all the exercise I ever needed, but for a while I've just been maintaining a somewhat round stomach -- never growing, never shrinking.

[Zigurd]

I used to swim competitively: ~8000 yards a day, double practices Mon,Wed, Fri at 5:10 AM, weight lifting, running, all that jazz.

I suffered an injury so I don't swim anymore, now I just try to get in as much running as possible.

Damn bro, I bet you had a top notch body.

Glad to hear some of you mofos workout. You should exercise even MORE though. Today I did:

1 hr upper body weight lifting.
Bench: 200 lb x 8
Deadz: 320 lb x 6
pull-downs: 120 kg x 10 (don't know how many lb is that)
(also incline bench, bent-over rows (barbell and dumbbell), dumbbell bench presses, fist push-ups, hammer strength rows)

Then 30 min cardio.
Then 1 hr jogging back to my house.

Then tuna + rice (x2) and my PWO protein shake and my nocturnal protein shake. FUCK YEAH

[SpiderBrigade]

You might want to consider renaming "nocturnal protein shake." That just doesn't sound good.

[Hammy]

I used to run the 400m dash at a really good level until I got injured right before a huge qualifier :(. After that year my schedule changed so I couldn't invest 3-4h+ hours a day into training anymore. Since I'm rather competitive and didn't want to do things half way, I just quit track altogether... That was about three years ago.
Nowadays to stay in shape I use mostly body weight exercises so I just do that at home.

[mam219]

Yes I exercise. Nothing like a good workout and the feeling of accomplishment you get afterward. I do weights, sometimes run, and have done so for the past 5 years. I can feel the lack of energy when I don't work out - which motivates me to stay active.

[Zigurd]

You might want to consider renaming "nocturnal protein shake." That just doesn't sound good.

Oh god I loled.

+rep even if it's imaginary.

[Zero]

I've been working out for almost 5 years. Did cross-country in high school, and I was a steady 130 lb. (BTW, I'm 5'10") Two years after high school (and running), I went on a two week Hawaiian vacation with my family, came back and weighed in for the first time in a while, was 180 lb, and it freaked me out. I've been working out since. For a while I got down to 160, then I've kept on hitting 10 lb plateaus. I'm about 190 now. My intention was never to get huge, lean enough to own my friends in soccer, but big enough to lay some hurt in a friendly tackle (American) football game. I've still got some extra padding in the middle hiding the six pack, but like the saying goes: "The first place you get it is the last place you lose it." So lately I've been incorporating more running and swimming into my workout rather than mostly weight-lifting, to help me lean me up.

[RainbowToeSocks]

I dont do too much, i just walk/hike a lot and then usually at night I'll lift weights for an hour or something while watchin TV

[Pandonetho]

Seems like our staff members are pretty fit...

[Zigurd]

I've been working out for almost 5 years. Did cross-country in high school, and I was a steady 130 lb. (BTW, I'm 5'10") Two years after high school (and running), I went on a two week Hawaiian vacation with my family, came back and weighed in for the first time in a while, was 180 lb, and it freaked me out. I've been working out since. For a while I got down to 160, then I've kept on hitting 10 lb plateaus. I'm about 190 now. My intention was never to get huge, lean enough to own my friends in soccer, but big enough to lay some hurt in a friendly tackle (American) football game. I've still got some extra padding in the middle hiding the six pack, but like the saying goes: "The first place you get it is the last place you lose it." So lately I've been incorporating more running and swimming into my workout rather than mostly weight-lifting, to help me lean me up.

I'd arm wrestle you.

Awesome bro.

[EvilGenius]

I really need to start working out - some of my friends started last year at school, and ended up getting pretty big. I've always been pretty lean though, I'm 20 years old, and only 130 pounds (5'8")

Where should I start? I've got nothing better to do while waiting for another dose of blizz BS...

[Zero]

Depends on if you've reached your full height. Most guys stop growing (up) around 20, although some guys do get taller a bit later than that. If you feel you're as tall as you're going to get, then go ahead and start now, before you make the mistake I did, waiting until your metabolism slows down and gets the better of you. If you work out, it'll keep your metabolism at its higher rate and you'll be less likely to develop a gut.

In starting, if you join a gym, I suggest straying away from personal trainers unless you're self-motivated. Use one or two sessions with a trainer to get familiar with the equipment and what parts of the body they work. The trainer can start you off with basic workout routines, and from there, change up your workout to fit what you want.

If you're not keen on the weights, running is good if your knees can take it. The elliptical doesn't work you nearly as much, and you need to spend at least 30 minutes to get some real benefit out of it. Swimming is also good for a lighter full-body workout, and if you push yourself enough, is good cardio too.

[Zigurd]

I really need to start working out - some of my friends started last year at school, and ended up getting pretty big. I've always been pretty lean though, I'm 20 years old, and only 130 pounds (5'8")

Where should I start? I've got nothing better to do while waiting for another dose of blizz BS...

Where do you start ?

http://www.liamrosen.com/fitness.html

Read that first.

Then, research Starting Strength. Google is your friend in that aspect. There, it's all you need for the next 5-8 months.

[Redcloak]

Well, I'd been involved in sports my whole life from teeball to college athletics. When I finally graduated, I put on an unwanted 20 lbs, and I suspect traded even more in muscle for fat.

So, I started getting active again, was playing handball twice a week, basketball twice a day on Sundays. And then I tore my ACL.

The good news is, I've lost almost 20 lbs since the surgery! The bad news? Probably all leg muscle. :)